Abstract:
Cover letters belong to an important promotional business-writing genre. This paper adopts a corpus-driven phraseological perspective, and extracts numerous multiword sequences from Chinese Science and Engineering Majors Written English Corpus by using the phrase-list approach, the node-word approach and the phrase-frame approach. The purpose is to examine formal and functional features of multi-word sequences in cover letters written by Chinese science and engineering majors. It is found that learners are generally capable of using various semi-fixed phrases with specific semantic, functional, and move features so as to achieve communicative purposes. Learner texts are characterized by the recurrency of conditional expressions and first person pronouns, revealing the differences in the use of politeness strategies across the learner and the reference corpora.
EOP库中的连续四词短语
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排序
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短语
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频数
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排序
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短语
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频数
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1
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try my best to
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188
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16
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I look forward to
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99
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2
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give me a chance
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177
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17
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you can give me
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95
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3
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dear sir or madam
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176
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18
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I think I can
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94
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4
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I will work hard
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159
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19
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looking forward to your
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90
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5
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to apply for the
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134
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20
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at the same time
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88
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6
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I would like to
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131
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21
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me a chance to
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86
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|
7
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thank you for your
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130
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22
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I believe I can
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84
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8
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I will try my
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120
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23
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I hope I can
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82
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9
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sir or madam I
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119
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24
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apply for the position
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81
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|
10
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will try my best
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119
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25
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to hearing from you
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81
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|
11
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I am writing to
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118
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26
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what's more I
|
80
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|
12
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I noticed the job
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116
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27
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forward to hearing from
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78
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|
13
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noticed the job opening
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110
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28
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I want to be
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77
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|
14
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I am interested in
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102
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29
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will work hard and
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70
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15
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can give me a
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99
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30
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I am looking forward
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68
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语料库中的if四词短语
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EOP库
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参照库
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排序
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短语
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频数
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短语
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频数
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1
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if you give me
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43
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if you have any
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12
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2
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if I get the
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40
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if you need any
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8
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3
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if I can get
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39
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if you require any
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7
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4
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if there is any
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38
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if you agree that
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6
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5
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if I have the
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36
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if you need further
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5
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6
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and if there is
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36
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grateful if you could
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4
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7
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be grateful if you
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34
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be most grateful if
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4
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|
8
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resume and if there
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33
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if you could consider
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4
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|
9
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appreciate it if you
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30
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most grateful if you
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4
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10
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if you can give
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30
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if you require further
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4
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求职信中的高频四词短语框架
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EOP库
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参照库
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排序
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短语框架
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占文本比(%)
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短语框架
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占文本比(%)
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1
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I am *
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1.30
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my resume *
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0.89
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2
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I have *
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0.94
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look * to
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0.79
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3
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I can *
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0.91
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look forward *
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0.79
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|
4
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I will *
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0.74
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forward to *
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0.73
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|
5
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in the *
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0.68
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I would *
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0.66
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|
6
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the * of
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0.64
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for the *
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0.60
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|
7
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that I *
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0.64
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to * my
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0.59
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|
8
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I * a
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0.63
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I * be
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0.54
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|
9
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I * I
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0.60
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for * position
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0.53
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|
10
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I * the
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0.59
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I am *
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0.52
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EOP库
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参照库
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排序
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短语框架
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占文本比(%)
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短语框架
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占文本比(%)
|
|
11
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your company *
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0.57
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would * to
|
0.52
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|
12
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give me *
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0.56
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would like *
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0.52
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|
13
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my * to
|
0.50
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you for *
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0.52
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|
14
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I * to
|
0.49
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the * of
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0.52
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|
15
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and I *
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0.49
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resume for *
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0.51
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|
16
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to * for
|
0.48
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my * for
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0.49
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|
17
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I m *
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0.47
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I * forward
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0.47
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|
18
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my best *
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0.45
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I look *
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0.47
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|
19
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want to *
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0.45
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the * to
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0.46
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|
20
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for the *
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0.45
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thank you *
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0.44
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